hit and run? passenger beaten to death by mob

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Skybird

It is not emotive (at least for me), and it is not "something American". This is psychological group dynamic at work, and there is no country and no people where it does not happen. It's an incident reminding us of man's biological side of nature, not more, not less. In stories like this we see how thin the civilizational make-up of our behavior and decision-making really is.

Nicely said.